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    Ahhh.. the panty-selling skank is looking pretty rough. She ages about 10 years it seems every time a new photo circulates. I have no doubt that all her appeals will be shot down at the state and federal levels. What concerns me is that a future governor will cave and commute her sentence. TN isn't big on executing anyone, especially when it will bring a little heat. Kudos to TX and VA for actually going through with the executions of condemned females.

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    What difference does it make what she looks like? Whether she's ugly or not, whether she's aged or not (and unless you die young, you're going to age), who cares? She's a murderer who deserves the death penalty. Just leave it at that.

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    Her looks are of no matter to her appeals process, but her physical attributes had much to do with her crime. If Pike looked like Aileen Wuornos she would have had a more difficult time convincing anyone to KILL for/with her. She has used her manipulation along with appearance to seduce other inmates as well. Headlines read, "Angels Face, Devil's Heart" I would bet when she looks in the mirror and sees the effects of gravity and the natural aging process, it wreaks havoc on her psyche. I for one, take solace in that notion.

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    Obviously, a lot of people care. A female killer, especially a "baby-faced" one like a young Pike, gets a lot more attention than some 300lb toothless man sitting on death row. Appearances go a long way in life. Just a fact. And perhaps I was also commenting on her appearance because I've actually seen the girl in person at the Knox Co. courthouse, and can attest to how she's changed.

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    Physical appearance is certainly a debatable topic. From the legal aspect NO it isn't, justice should be blind, but the issue is still there. At the time of this crime Pike was a member of Job Corps..that was a dumping ground for all the bad kids. We can not ignore the fact that she used her looks, and other physical attributes to gain control.

    Pike is the epitome of pure evil. Amazingly she sits on TN death row. Pike is probably the most sought after female death row inmate, she must receive hundreds of letters a month.

    Moh, I understand Rob's comments. On another site you and I were equally defensive of Amanda Knox based on legal issues. Is Knox guilty..probably..is she cute yes...Will we still have the same convictions 15 years from now when Amanda isn't freshed faced?

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    Everyone deserves a second chance, and these troubled youths are no exception. These youths should be sent to some military boot camp to teach them discipline, manners, and respect for others. Military boot camps can aid in teaching youths discipline while giving them an education. They are great for those youths who do not have any major behavioral issues, but just require more structure in their lives.
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    I agree that military boot camps are a wonderful educational alternative for misguided youth. Not sure the structure would have done much for the sociopath Christa Pike. Her crime was driven by jealously, and lust. She lacked respect for authority. No amount of push ups would have curbed Pike's sadistic behavior.

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    On January 31, 2012, Pike filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/ten...cv00035/63099/

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    Men caught in plot to break out death row woman

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities in Tennessee say two men, including a former prison guard, have been arrested in a plot to break out Tennessee’s lone female death row inmate.

    Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm said Wednesday there was no imminent danger of an escape by Christa Gail Pike, but “there was plan in the works and money changing hands.”

    Pike, originally from West Virginia, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the slaying of a fellow Knoxville Job Corps student. Colleen Slemmer, 18, was stabbed and beaten by Pike and Tadaryl Shipp, Pike’s boyfriend at the time, on the University of Tennessee’s agricultural campus in January 1995.

    Prosecutors have said the motive for the slaying was a love triangle with the two women and Shipp, who was sentenced to life in prison. The two carved a pentagram into Slemmer’s chest, and investigators claimed Pike, who was 18 at the time, took a piece of the victim’s skull for a souvenir.

    New Jersey authorities on Tuesday arrested 34-year-old Donald Kohut of Flemington, N.J., who has frequently visited Pike in prison. He was charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit escape and was being held at the Hunterdon County Department of Corrections on a $250,000 bond and awaiting extradition.

    A former correctional officer at the Tennessee Prison for Women, 23-year-old Justin Heflin, was arrested by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit escape and facilitation to commit escape.

    Heflin, of Chattanooga, Tenn., turned himself into authorities and was booked into the Davidson County Jail on Tuesday on a $75,000 bond. Heflin was hired in March 2009, but was terminated from his job on March 5 after he was indicted by a grand jury last month.

    Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Dorinda Carter said investigators received information about the plot early in the planning stages.

    “Our investigators were able to learn about the threat early on fortunately,” she said. “But anytime there is this sort of threat to the prison or the general public, we take it very seriously.”

    Carter said Pike, who is 36 faces a disciplinary charge and will likely face criminal charges for the plot.

    This isn’t the first time Pike has gotten in trouble while on death row. In 2001, Pike nearly choked inmate Patricia Jones to death with a shoe string. She was convicted of attempted first-degree murder on August 12, 2004.

    http://www.registercitizen.com/artic...mode=fullstory
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